WHAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY COVERS
This policy covers how cutething.net ("the Website," "the Site") treats personal information that we collect and receive, including information related to your past use of the Website products and services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that the Website does not own or control, or to people that the Website does not employ or manage.
THE INFORMATION COLLECTED
Our online registration forms require users to give us contact information, including username and email address. We do not release any contact information to our partners unless you have granted us permission to do so. We may also collect contact and other information from you if you:
1. participate in one of our contests or sweepstakes;
2. order products or services from us;
3. take part in one of our surveys;
4. contact us; or
5. otherwise voluntarily submit information to us, including in our online communities.
If you use any of our tell-a-friend features, we ask for your friend’s name and email address. We use this information only to send the communication you requested and to monitor the effectiveness of our tell-a-friend features.
As part of the standard operation of the Site, we may collect certain non-personal information from you, including but not limited to your browser type, operating system, IP address and the domain name from which you accessed the Site. In addition, we may collect information about your browsing behavior, such as the date and time you visit the Site, the areas or pages of the Site that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing the Site, the number of times you return to the Site and other click-stream data. We do not combine this non-personal information with your personal information. We use this information to:
1. provide you with customized content and advertising;
2. administer the Site, monitor its usage and diagnose problems with it;
3. remember you when you return to the Site, so that you don’t have to re-submit information and preferences; and
4. conduct research to improve our content and services. In addition, we use software that uses your IP address to determine roughly where you are located, so that we can deliver advertisements to you, while you are on the Site, based on your location and therefore as relevant to you as possible.
We use cookies to collect the non-personal information described above. A cookie is a small text file that may be stored on the hard drive of your computer when you access the Site. You are free to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on the Site or take full advantage of all of our offerings. Check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
We will never share your IP address with a third party (except for our service providers) without first securing your express permission to do so, unless we are legally obligated to provide this information.
HOW PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE USED
Personal information can be used to customize content and enhance user experience. Site and page statistical information is used to measure site popularity and usage. Users who have shared information may receive newsletters, site announcements, or promotional materials from community colleges and other site partners. Users can always contact our site ( admin@cutething.net ) and request to remove their information from all distribution lists.
Survey data may be posted on our site to enrich the overall picture of the design community. However under no circumstance is personal identifiable information relating to users made public online, verbally, or written without explicit consent by the survey participant. the Website reserves the right to edit or remove survey responses for grammatical, spelling or suitability purposes. The survey responses do not reflect the Website’s opinion of any topic, service, resource, product or their users/customers, past or present.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
In addition to disclosing your information to our partners, with your consent, as described above, we may disclose the information collected from and about you as follows:
1. to our affiliated companies;
2. to our service providers, who may use it only on our behalf;
3. as necessary, if we believe that there has been a violation of our Site Terms of Use or of our rights or the rights of any third party;
4. to respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law; and
5. as disclosed to you at the point of collection. In addition, if our company or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets.
Any personal information or content that you voluntarily upload or submit for posting to a Site (including your name and information in your blogs, a site community, bios, videos and comments) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. It may also be available to third party search engines. It is in violation of the Site’s Terms of Use for you to post any content that requests personally identifiable information.
We may share aggregate, non-personally identifiable information about you with third parties for research and other purposes.
OPT OUT
You may opt out of receiving newsletters at any time. We reserve the right to notify you via email of relevant site information. Though these technical updates are rare, you may not opt out of them for the duration of your membership with the Site.
LINKS & AFFILIATES
The Site hosts numerous links to other sites, which are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over these linked sites, all of which have their own privacy policies and terms of use. You access them at your own risk. Inclusion of any linked third-party site on the Site does not imply our approval or endorsement of the site.
SECURITY
It is your responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of your Site account information, including your password, and you are responsible for all use of the Site accessed through it. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other actual or suspected breach of Site security.
CHILDREN
We do not direct the Site to, nor do we knowingly collect any personal information from, children under thirteen. It is a violation of our TOS for children under 13 years of age to utilize the Site. If information is disclosed by the user that they are under 13 years of age, we reserve the right to deactivate their account without notice.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
We may change this Privacy Statement from time to time. When we do, we will post the change(s) on the Site. If we change the statement in a material way, we will provide appropriate online notice to you.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, the practices of the Site, or dealings with the Site or with us, contact:
admin@cutething.net
